Legal Advice

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent by the Department on external legal advice in each of the past five years.

Peter Hain: The Department and its agencies have spent the following amounts on external legal advice during the past five years:
	
		
			   Amount (£) 
			 2002-03 1,069,261.75 
			 2003-04 469,273.99 
			 2004-05 1,393,392.63 
			 2005-06 1,051,442.37 
			 2006-07 1,021,682.01 
		
	
	As with all public sector procurement, contracts for external legal services should be awarded on the basis of value for money, in line with the Government's policy on public procurement.
	Within the figures above one branch provided an overall figure for external legal advice and court representation as they had no means of providing a breakdown to show external legal advice only.
	Public Prosecution Service NI were unable to provide a response to this question as it would not be feasible to disaggregate what was spent on advice and what was spent on the conduct of prosecutions. For them to do so would be grossly misleading as advice and the conduct of prosecutions are generally intimately intertwined and not capable of disaggregation.

Floods

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on flood defences.

Peter Hain: Around 170,000 properties in Wales are at risk from flooding. Flood and coastal risk management is a devolved function. I understand that current policy in Wales is to reduce flood and coastal erosion risk to people, property and natural environment by encouraging the provision of defences and flood warnings, and discouraging inappropriate development in areas at risk. I also understand that Welsh Ministers are currently implementing new flood risk management arrangements to enable improved responses to the increased risk presented by climate change.
	Work carried out by the Environment Agency and Welsh local authorities to manage these risks is supported financially by the Welsh Assembly Government, which has increased its funding for flood and coastal defence this year to over £30 million.

Railways: Standards

Si�n James: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent  (a) discussions he has had with and  (b) representations he has made to (i) First Great Western trains and (ii) Network Rail on train service performance between South Wales and London Paddington.

Peter Hain: My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State and I take a close interest in the performance of train services between London and South Wales, and have met the service providers to discuss issues affecting passengers in Wales. Following recent suggestions that some of the services might be terminated at Port Talbot I spoke to the Managing Director of First Great Western, who assured me that this would happen only in the most extreme circumstances. I also welcomed Network Rail's announcement that they planned to hold a full investigation into the overrunning engineering works that disrupted these services.

Railways: Gravesham

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans there are to increase capacity on commuter trains between Gravesham and London measured by  (a) new carriages and  (b) passenger numbers.

Tom Harris: The Government will detail the outputs it wishes to purchase from the railway for the period 2009-2014 in the high level output specification to be published in July. No further information is available before then.

South Hampshire Rail Group

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to reply to the submission made by the South Hampshire Rail Group on the franchise operated by South West Trains; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Harris: The group sent a submission to the Department which was received on the 22 May 2007. It is now being considered and I expect a reply to be sent shortly.

Overseas Aid

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much UK aid was given to  (a) Guinea-Bissau,  (b) Guinea,  (c) Sierra Leone,  (d) Liberia,  (e) Mali,  (f) Mauritania and  (g) Senegal in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2004.

Hilary Benn: The figures are set out in the following tables:
	
		
			  UK Bilateral Aid 
			  000 
			  Destination Name  2004  2005 
			 Guinea 1,738 811 
			 Guinea-Bissau   
			 Liberia 8981 4150 
			 Mali 200 716 
			 Mauritania 281  
			 Senegal 4,984 3,802 
			 Sierra Leone 3,3254 31,159 
		
	
	
		
			  Imputed UK Share of Multilateral Net ODA/OA by institution for 2004 and 2005: 
			  000 
			  Country  EC  UN  World Bank  Other Multilateral  Total 
			  2004  
			 Guinea 2,602 1,030 850 169 4,650 
			 Guinea-Bissau 978 313 606 152 2,048 
			 Liberia 2,102 503 - 182 2,787 
			 Mali 8,088 840 1,653 2,552 13,133 
			 Mauritania 3,330 372 985 456 5,143 
			 Senegal 4,079 624 3,930 3,949 12,583 
			 Sierra Leone 4,477 1,257 927 2,459 9,120 
			   
			  2005  
			 Guinea 1,062 1,097 2,089 -117 4,131 
			 Guinea-Bissau 1,135 384 944 54 2,517 
			 Liberia 3,699 1,248 - 375 5,322 
			 Mali 9,106 759 8,085 871 18,821 
			 Mauritania 1,033 580 3,195 -53 4,755 
			 Senegal 2,288 749 12,551 991 16,578 
			 Sierra Leone 5,978 1,328 3,785 644 11,736 
		
	
	UK funding to multilateral institutions cannot be directly attributed to any country; the estimates above are imputed shares based on the UK's total funding for each institution, and that institution's distribution of official development assistance (ODA) and official aid each year.
	ODA is defined as flows administered with the promotion of economic development and welfare of developing countries as their main objective, that are concessional in character and convey a grant element of at least 25 per cent. Aid to countries on Part 1 of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list of aid recipients is eligible to be recorded as ODA. Official aid (OA) has the same concessional and qualitative features as ODA but covers aid to countries on Part 2 of the DAC list of recipients. (Note: From 2005 Part 2 of the DAC list of recipients ceased to exist and aid to countries on a new combined list of DAC list of recipients of official development assistance is eligible to be recorded as ODA).
	The list of multilateral organisations used to produce this table is not exhaustive; only multilateral who provide the DAC with detailed information about their distribution of funds, and to whom the UK provided funds, were analysed in the production of this table.
	Negatives represent accounting adjustments, not a net flow to the UK; zero figures are indicated with a dash.

Departments: Buildings

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Solicitor-General what the  (a) rental and  (b) other accommodation costs were for premises occupied by the (i) Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission and (ii) Public Prosecutions Service in 2006-07.

Mike O'Brien: The costs for the Public Prosecution Service for the year in question were as follows:
	
		
			
			 Rent 1,917,014 
			 Rates 412,029 
			 Shared Charges 275,282 
			 Electricity 151,228 
		
	
	I am informed by the Ministry of Justice that the rental and other accommodation costs for premises occupied by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission since its establishment is set out in the following table.
	
		
			   
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			  Premises Rental 114 250 251 272 
			  
			  Other Accommodation Costs: 147 245 251 265 
			 Cleaning 11 27 30 30 
			 Other Building Costs 31 11 8 23 
			 Service Charges 43 63 61 97 
			 Electricity 15 27 29 32 
			 Rates 47 117 123 83 
			  
			  Other 
			 Telephone Costs 8 26 19 23 
			 Insurance 10 23 8 3 
			 Equipment and furniture 11 7 6 11 
			 Rental and maintenance of equipment 0 2 21 23 
			 Total 290 553 556 596

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many recorded casualties there were in categories  (a) T1,  (b) T2,  (c) T3 and  (d) T4 in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Iraq in each month since January 2004.

Des Browne: Tl-4 are triage categories, used by in-theatre medical staffs to prioritise the treatment of casualties following an incident, Tl being most urgent. These categories are dynamic, based on a variety of physiological factors (e.g. pulse and breathing rate) and do not necessarily correspond to the severity of the injury sustained. For example, Tl may subsequently be categorised as very seriously injured (VSI), seriously injured (SI) or unlisted (UL) once they reach a field hospital. We do not record and verify data on triage levels centrally.
	The MOD is committed to openly publishing statistics on the number of service personnel injured on operations. Information on casualties and fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan is published on the MOD website:
	http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets

Army Board

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many internal flights were taken by the  (a) Adjutant General,  (b) Chief of the General Staff,  (c) non-ministerial members of the Army Board and  (d) Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 2006; how many of those flights were with (i) military and (ii) commercial carriers; and what the cost was.

Derek Twigg: A breakdown of UK commercial and military flights undertaken in 2006 is shown in the following table. The military flights shown form part of wider funded flying activity, which is required to keep pilots trained and aircraft and airfields current and serviceable. The cost for RAF flights is a notional cost only calculated on the basis of a combination of aircraft capitation rates and flying hours. Information on Army flights has not been maintained in a way that would enable a representative notional cost calculation to be made.
	
		
			  Board member  RAF rotary and fixed wing taskings  Notional cost ()  Army rotary wing taskings  Commercial flights  Cost of commercial flights () 
			 COS 26 79,100.80 35 0 0 
			 2nd PUS 2 7,481.12 0 1 222 
			 CinC Land 5 4,452.17 38 7 545.34 
			 AG 10 43,145.66 37 5 852.10 
			 ACGS 5 25,103.68 1 1 316.40 
			 DG Land Equip 0 0 0 1 98.50 
			 MGO 0 0 0 3 448 
			 GOCNI 1 4,245.86 0 46 11,561.99

Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he intends to make publicly available captured  (a) munitions and  (b) documentation indicating Iranian involvement in insurgency attacks on UK service personnel in Iraq.

Des Browne: holding answer 4 June 2007
	I am withholding this information as its release would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of our armed forces.

Sierra Leone: Peacekeeping Operations

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2006,  Official Report, column 1096W, on casualty reporting, what progress has been made on reconciling casualty data for operations in  (a) Sierra Leone and  (b) the Balkans since May 1997.

Adam Ingram: holding answer 4 June 2007
	 Historical data on fatalities and casualties for major ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have now been reconciled and validated. This information is published and updated regularly and can be found at http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets, along with details of fatalities for operations in the Balkans.
	Work to date on the compilation and reconciliation of historical casualty data from the Balkans and from other theatres (including Sierra Leone), has indicated that further data collection and analysis is required in order to provide a sufficiently validated product and the focus is on compiling data over the period since January 2001. When this work is complete it will be placed in the public domain.

Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has for the disposal of nuclear waste.

Malcolm Wicks: In October 2006, the Government responded to the recommendations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM), and accepted that geological disposal coupled with safe and secure interim storage is the way forward for the long-term management of the UK's higher activity radioactive wastes. Government also confirmed it is supportive of exploring an approach based on voluntarism and partnership with local communities. A consultation on the framework for implementing geological disposal is due to be launched during summer 2007.
	If, as a result of the current consultation on The Future of Nuclear Power, Government concludes that nuclear has a role to play in the UK, the Government considers that geological disposal and robust interim storage would also be the best solution for dealing with waste from any new nuclear power stations.

Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals he has to make nuclear plant operators meet the cost of  (a) insurance,  (b) support provided without cost recovery by the environmental and safety regulators and  (c) research and development done on radioactive waste and nuclear decommissioning by Government departments, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.

Malcolm Wicks: As far as existing nuclear operators are concerned, the Nuclear Installations Act (which implements the UK's obligations under the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy and the supplementary Brussels Convention) channels liability for incidents to operators, requiring them to maintain insurance or other security to meet potential claims. But these Conventions have recently been revised, and Government are now considering how best to bring the amendments into UK law. The proposals for doing this, on which we anticipate consulting on in due course, will have implications for both existing operators and any new owners or operators of nuclear plant.
	The environmental and safety regulators already recover the majority of costs in respect of nuclear regulation from operators. There are no proposals to change these existing cost recovery schemes. The HSE is proposing to introduce regulations to recover costs relating to design assessment. The Environment Agency will recover its costs for design assessment, if required, through an agreement with the requesting party under Section 37 of the Environment Act 1995.
	The current consultation on The Future of Nuclear Power sets out that if Government concludes that nuclear has a role to play in the future UK energy mix, owners/operators of any new nuclear power stations would propose, develop, construct and operate any new plant and cover the full costs of decommissioning and their full share of waste management costs. There are no proposals to change the way in existing operators may fund research and development undertaken by Government departments, the NDA or CoRWM.

Voluntary Work

Mark Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what progress her Department has made with establishing a British volunteering corps further to the Chancellor's announcement on 31 January 2005.

Edward Miliband: The independent youth-led charity v was launched on 8 May 2006 with the mission of delivering a step change in the quality, quantity and diversity of youth volunteering opportunities to engage and encourage 1 million more young people to volunteering within five years.
	To date, v has created nearly 120,000 volunteering opportunities for young people through grant funded and match funded projects.

Head Teachers

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions he has had with educational representatives on the reasons for recent trends in applications for headships of primary and secondary schools.

Jim Knight: holding answer 6 June 2007
	 The Departmnet does not collect data about the number of applications for headships. However, according to research undertaken by Howson(1), while there has been a decline in the number of applications for headships in primary schools between 2004-05 and 2005-06, there has been an increase in the number of applications in secondary schools. In addition, the Department's official statistics show that since 1997, head teacher vacancies have remained low and fairly stable. Provisional figures for 2007 show a fall in the head teacher vacancy rate from 0.8 per cent. in January 2006 to 0.6 per cent. in January 2007. However, we know that some types of schools such as church schools, schools in London and some small schools in rural areas find it harder to recruit senior staff than others and also that more heads are reaching retirement age.
	Our focus is therefore on ensuring that we have sufficient numbers of high quality school leaders now and coming through the system for the future. The Secretary of State asked the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) for advice on succession planning and on the back of this announce an additional 10 million to support their work in this area. In preparing the advice, the NCSL have consulted widely with schools, school leaders, local authorities, dioceses, professional associations, and governor bodies. This included nine regional succession planning conferences, attended by over 500 school leaders and an ongoing Succession Planning Advisory Group with senior education representatives which meets regularly. The Department also commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an independent study into school leadership, which reported in January.
	(1) The State of the Labour Market for Senior Staff in Schools in England and Wales 11th and 12th Annual Reports by Professor Howson of Education Data Surveys.

Languages: Mandarin

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  pursuant to his answer of 24 May 2007,  Official Report, column 1390W, on Mandarin if he will take steps to encourage schools to offer Mandarin as a subject at all levels; and what steps he is taking to increase the pool of teachers qualified to teach Mandarin;
	(2)  what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the teaching of Mandarin and its potential impact on the preparedness of the UK workforce for dealing with China;
	(3)  what steps his Department is taking to promote Mandarin to young people as an academic subject.

Jim Knight: I refer the hon. Member to my written reply of 14 May. We have now received the Qualification and Curriculum Authority's advice on the revised Key Stage 3 languages curriculum. We are considering that advice and will be responding shortly. Schools are already free to teach any language they choose at Key Stage 2.
	We are working with partners, including the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban), on a range of initiatives to promote the teaching of Mandarin at all levels, including high profile events such as the HSBC China Conference, and arranging for secondary school pupils from the UK to attend summer schools in China. The Training and Development Agency for schools is working with initial teacher training providers to develop their ability to offer more places for major world languages such as Mandarin within their PGCE programmes.
	My right hon. Friend has had no recent discussions with Ministerial colleagues about the teaching of Mandarin and its impact for the UK workforce.

Teachers: Sustainable Development

David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  if he will make it his policy to ensure that training courses for new teachers and headteachers include learning about sustainable development;
	(2)  if he will make changes to schools' curriculums to include more content about sustainable development;
	(3)  what support his Department provides for the eco-schools programme; and if he will adopt a target to make every school an eco-school;
	(4)  if he will introduce beacon school status for those schools which put sustainable development into practice;
	(5)  if he will make it his policy to require Ofsted  (a) to inspect and  (b) to report on schools' commitment to sustainable development in (i) teaching and (ii) property management.

Jim Knight: Building on school workforce remodelling and the reform of teachers' pay, we are working with social partners to deliver a new teacher professionalism in which all teachers, are engaged in ongoing professional development that takes account of individual development needs, career aspirations and school's improvement priorities, along with national, regional and local priorities. Sustainable development can easily be incorporated into courses as part of a qualified teacher's professional development.
	The National College for School Leadership already covers learning on sustainable development on the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) as part of 'Developing a Strategic Educational Vision for the School'. The NPQH will be a mandatory qualification for new head teachers from April 2009.
	Sustainable development is already a statutory part of the National Curriculum in citizenship, design and technology, geography and science. The current review of the secondary curriculum will mean that there is a sharper focus on sustainable development in these subjects. QCA will be developing supporting material to demonstrate how sustainable development can be taught across the curriculum.
	Beacon school status was phased out in 2005 as part of a streamlining of existing programmes. The Government wants all schools to put sustainable development into practice and is encouraging them to do so through the current sustainable schools year of action. We value award schemes like Eco-schools and also local schemes such as Sandwell's Sustainable Schools Charter. DEFRA has provided 65,000 this year to the Eco-schools programme. The Department has no plans to adopt an Eco-schools target but all schools are encouraged to be sustainable schools by 2020.
	We believe that school inspection should recognise where the efforts made to create sustainable schools are having a significant impact on a school's overall effectiveness.
	As stated in 'Sustainable Schools for Pupils, Communities and the Environmentan action plan for the DfES', published in March 2007, we will be discussing with Ofsted how best to ensure that sustainable development is recognised during school inspections. The Department has developed a tool linked to the Ofsted self-evaluation form to enable schools to record and report their efforts on sustainable development. Sustainable Development is an important part of value for money in property management and as such should already be factored into inspectors' judgments.

Housing Benefit

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average duration of a housing benefit claim was in each year since 1997.

James Plaskitt: The information is not available. Data on durations of housing benefit claims is not collected.

Departments: Property

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was received by her Department from the letting of its properties in each of the last five years.

Angela Smith: The amounts received by Communities and Local Government, its agencies and its predecessor Department, in rent from lettings, including receipts from Crown Bodies, for each of the last five years was approximately.
	
		
			   million 
			   Communities and Local Government  Fire Service College 
			 2002-03 5.05 1.14 
			 2003-04 6.58 1.25 
			 2004-05 6.90 1.22 
			 2005-06 6.90 1.33 
			 2006-07 6.8 1.42 
			  Note: The figures include VAT where applicable. 
		
	
	This answer does not include land or buildings occupied by Government Offices, which carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.

Home Information Packs

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the consequences for home inspectors of her decision to phase in home information packs.

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  on what date the revised home information pack regulations are expected to be laid before the House;
	(2)  what the timetable is for home information packs to become compulsory for the marketing of domestic dwellings other than four bedroom homes.
	(3)  whether the Government intend to consult on the proposal that home information packs will be required for a four bedroom home from 1 August before that date.

Yvette Cooper: Regulations relating to home information packs and the energy performance of buildings are being laid before Parliament today. These regulations will implement home information packs, including energy performance certificates, on a phased basis in England and Wales from 1 August 2007.
	The Home Information Pack (no. 2) Regulations 2007 include a number of transitional provisions that the Secretary of State outlined to Parliament on 22 May 2007. These are intended to ensure that the implementation of HIPs will be achieved in a way that ensures the availability of sufficient assessors and inspectors.
	The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 make the changes necessary to bring the implementation of energy performance certificates into line with home information packs from 1 August 2007.
	As well as the explanatory memoranda and impact assessments that accompany the regulations, we are placing in the House Library further information about how the operational delivery of the phased roll-out will take place, building on the current progress in the certification of inspectors and accreditation of assessors.
	Further consultation on the age of the Energy Performance Certificate will commence in due course.

Housing: Energy

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 8 May 2007,  Official Report, column 124W, on housing: energy, how many practising  (a) domestic energy assessors and  (b) home inspectors there are in each region in (i) England and (ii) Wales.

Yvette Cooper: The most recent data from home inspector certification schemes and domestic energy assessor accreditation schemes shows the following information on certifications and accreditations by region. There are a small number who come from companies with national coverage or who have not provided a valid postcodethese have been categorised as 'not known'.
	
		
			  Government office region  Accreditations or certifications 
			 East Midlands 83 
			 East of England 136 
			 London 70 
			 North East 31 
			 North West 104 
			 South East 214 
			 South West 119 
			 Wales 50 
			 West Midlands 101 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 79 
			 Not known 63 
			 Total 1,050 
		
	
	Schemes have received a further 1,380 applications for accreditation. A total of 4,735 have now passed their exams.

Child Benefit

Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the value of child benefit and tax credit payments made in relation to children from birth to 19 years old as an average for those eligible for such tax credits.

Stephen Timms: holding answer 4 June 2007
	The amount of financial support that a family will receive between the birth of a child and them leaving education will depend on families circumstances and income in each year.
	For 2007-08, the maximum amount of financial support from the Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit is 3,330 a year for the first child and 2,475 a year for second and subsequent children, assuming there is no eligibility for disabled child elements or the under-ones family element.

Monetary Policy Committee: Public Appointments

John Redwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  in what circumstances Monetary Policy Committee members are  (a) invited to serve a second term and  (b) allowed to apply to serve a second term;
	(2)  criteria he uses when deciding whether to re-appoint Monetary Policy Committee members.

John Healey: The Chancellor appoints members of the Monetary Policy Committee in accordance with the criteria laid out in the Bank of England Act 1998.

Elephants: Poaching

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his assessment is of  (a) the quality of the data produced by the Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants system and  (b) its ability to detect changes in poaching rates.

Barry Gardiner: I am satisfied that the standards established for the Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) system, together with the governance arrangements, including advice from the MIKE-ETIS Technical Advisory Group, ensure that the data gathered is of sufficient quality.
	Similarly, I am content that the data available to MIKE is fit for the purpose for which it is intended, namely:
	(a) to measure levels and trends in the illegal hunting of elephants;
	(b) to determine changes in these trends over time; and
	(c) to determine the factors causing or associated with such changes, and to try and assess, in particular, to what extent observed trends are a result of any decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Waste Management

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what expenditure from the public purse on  (a) anaerobic digestion and  (b) composting of waste was in each of the last three years; what it is expected to be in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

Ben Bradshaw: My Department is providing a range of targeted support to help increase the UK's processing capacity for organic waste and develop markets for its end products. Projects are being delivered by DEFRA's Waste Implementation Programme, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Environment Agency.
	 Composting
	DEFRA provided 3,266,000 in 2004-05, 3,587,000 in 2005-06 and 3,479,000 in 2006-07 for delivery of WRAP's Organics programme, which is aiming to increase the UK's composting capacity by 23 per cent. A further 6.4 million has been allocated for 2007-08. Funding for future years has not yet been decided.
	For every 1 spent within the Organics programme, an investment of approximately 2.80 has been made into the corporate industry by the private sector.
	WRAP's Home Composting Programme was allocated 7,045,000 in 2004-05, 13,085,000 in 2005-06 and 10,116,000 in 2006-07. A further 300,000 was awarded to WRAP in 2006-07 for their Food Waste Collection Trials and 110,000 has been allocated to them for their work on anaerobic digestion in 2007-08. The aim of this programme is to increase waste diversion through home composting, where local authorities are WRAP's main delivery partners.
	 Anaerobic Digestion
	The Waste Implementation Programme's 30 million New Technologies Programme, has contracted with four anaerobic, aerobic and in-vessel composting organisations to provide demonstrator projects A total of 5,917,576 has been allocated to four plants.
	In addition, approximately 600,000 will be spent over the next two years on research and development projects running alongside each demonstrator.
	Expenditure over the last three years has been as follows:
	
		
			 
			 2004-05  0 
			
			 2005-06 Total 1,139,749 
			  Bioganix 125,348 
			  Envar 280,563 
			  Biocycle 733,838 
			
			 2006-07 Total 1,225,320 
			  Premier 911,263 
			  Bioganix 314,057 
			
			 2007-08 Total 3,022,004 
			  Bioganix 85,595 
			  Envar 788,596 
			  Premier 1,610,651 
			  Biocycle 537,162 
			
			 2008-09 Total 530,417 
			  Envar 152,417 
			  Premier 378,000 
			
			 2009-10  (1)0 
			 (1 )Projects are expected to be completed in 2008-09. 
		
	
	Under the auspices of the Methane to Markets partnership, DEFRA hosted a high-level international workshop in November 2006. Its objective was to identify the policies needed to grow markets for anaerobic digestion in order to reduce global levels of agricultural methane emissions. We contributed 58,241.96 to the cost of the event.
	DEFRA has also spent 52,000 in 2004-05 3,000 in 2005-06 and 132,000 in 2006-07 on research and development of anaerobic digestion. Resource allocation for future research has yet to be determined, but DEFRA is committed to ongoing funding for research in this area.
	Un-ringfenced funding is also provided to local authorities under the Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant, which is supporting new and more efficient ways to deliver waste reduction, increase recycling and divert waste from landfill. Local authorities are free to choose which projects they support to achieve these objectives. Local authorities received 45 million in 2005-06, 105 million in 2006-07. 110 million is allocated for 2007-08.

Waste Management

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the implementation of joint waste authorities; and what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities likely to adopt such schemes.

Ben Bradshaw: My officials and I have held a number of discussions with our counterparts in the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) on proposals to allow local authorities to work together to deliver waste services, through the establishment of statutory joint waste authorities.
	My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the DCLG (Ruth Kelly) announced the Government's intention to introduce these powers in the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill on the 22 January.
	No estimate has been made by my Department on the number of local authorities likely to apply to create a joint waste authority.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking in response to the ongoing imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Geoff Hoon: We have repeatedly condemned the continuing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi. My right. hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary issued a statement on 26 May condemning the Burmese government's decision to extend Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by a further year and called for her release and that of all other political prisoners in Burma. The EU also released a similar statement on 25 May.
	On 28 May, my right hon. Friend the Minister for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, Ian McCartney, met the Burmese Foreign Minister at the Asia/Europe Foreign Ministers meeting in Hamburg and called again for the Burmese government to release Aung San Suu Kyi.
	With the UN and other key partners, we will continue to press for an open and inclusive political process in Burma, and an improvement in the human rights situation. The release of Aung San Suu Kyi is central to both objectives.

Iran: Nuclear Fuels

Bernard Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what International Atomic Energy Agency supervision the Iranian Government would be required to accept in order for the UK Government to be satisfied that uranium enrichment in Iran would be confined to entirely peaceful purposes; and if she will make a statement.

Kim Howells: After many years of hiding its nuclear programme from the world, Iran needs to satisfy the international community, and not just the UK, that its programme is for purely peaceful reasons. The generous and far-reaching proposals presented to Iran on behalf of the E3+3 (France, Germany, UK + China, Russia, US) by Dr. Javier Solana in June 2006 would give Iran everything it needs to develop a modern civil nuclear power programme. These remain on the table and we stand ready to negotiate with Iran on the basis of these. But Iran first needs to suspend its enrichment-related activities, as repeatedly required by the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, to gain the confidence of the international community.
	We will not be satisfied that Iran's nuclear programme is for entirely peaceful purposes until Iran meets in full the requirements of the international community. These include Iran's obligations under UN Security Council Resolutions 1696, 1737 and 1747, as well as the requirements under IAEA Board of Governors decisions and resolutions. In particular, as the Director-General of the IAEA has stated many times, unless Iran addresses the long outstanding verification issues, and implements the Additional Protocol which it has agreed with the agency, as well as essential transparency measures, the IAEA will not be able to fully reconstruct the history of Iran's nuclear programme and provide the international community with assurances about the exclusively peaceful nature of that programme. The Director-General has also stated that these required transparency measures would need to go further than the measures prescribed in the Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol given the 20 years of undeclared nuclear activities in Iran. In the Director-General's most recent report on Iran on 23 May, he noted that the agency's level of knowledge of certain aspects of Iran's nuclear related activities had deteriorated over the past year.

Iraq: International Assistance

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 
	(1)  what body will have responsibility for the co-ordination and monitoring of the international compact with Iraq; and when this body is planned to be formed;
	(2)  Affairs if she will make a statement on the broader international assistance in the development of Iraqi security forces which is described in the international compact with Iraq; which countries are to be involved; and what form this assistance is to take;
	(3)  how often and at what level the participants in the Iraq compact are expected to meet; and if she will make a statement.

Hilary Benn: I have been asked to reply.
	The international compact for Iraq (ICI) is an opportunity for the Government of Iraq to set out its economic and political priorities for the next five years, with the help of the United Nations and the international community. It will develop the key reforms necessary to enable Iraq to make the most of its own resources and build a strategy for longer-term growth. The focus will be to build a framework for Iraq's economic transformation and integration into the regional and global economy. Its scope will cover short-term and long-term economic goals to enable Iraq to become financially self-sufficient, in order to ensure economic development and sustainable growth. The UK is pleased that the Government of Iraq is tackling these important issues and we hope that regional and international partners will support their efforts.
	The Security context of the compact stresses the importance for the Gol to work with international partners to develop the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Security assistance is provided to Iraq under the auspices of the multi-national force for Iraq. This force is in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government and is mandated by UN Security Council Resolutions 1546 and 1723 to develop stability and security in that country. 25 countries contribute to it, all with the common objectives of helping to provide security, training and mentoring to the Iraqi security forces until they are fully able to manage the security situation.
	Implementation of the compact priorities will be overseen by the compact secretariat which was established on 28 May in Baghdad. The secretariat will operate out of the Deputy Prime Ministers' Office and will be supported by a Steering Committee and a number of sector working groups. The secretariat will be responsible for coordinating, implementing and monitoring performance of the policies and reforms laid out in the joint monitoring matrix.
	The Gol plans to meet regularly with the international community to keep them updated on progress. They will produce monthly/quarterly reports on progress against indicators in the compact. Such reports will be passed for discussion to the Baghdad coordination group (BCG), which includes all participants in the Iraq compact based in country. There will also be regular meetings with donors as part of sector working group discussions.

Iraq: Politics and Government

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been made in establishing a national dialogue and reconciliation in Iraq.

Margaret Beckett: High levels of violence have undermined progress on the Iraqi Government's national reconciliation plan published last year, but reconciliation and power-sharing between Iraq's different communities remains central to the country's future. We welcome the establishment of an Executive Council comprising Prime Minister Maliki, President Talabani and the two Vice-Presidents, which first met on 15 May. The Council will allow for high-level cross-sectarian oversight of, and co-operation on, key policy issues.
	The Iraqi Government is conducting dialogues with various opposition groups and tribes, and there is evidence of Sunni tribes in Anbar Province working with the authorities to confront al-Qaeda Iraq. We are also encouraged by the constructive approach taken by all representatives on the Constitutional Review Committee, which is considering issues central to reconciliation, including federalism and distribution of resources. We hope that the recent Iraq Neighbours Meeting in Sharm el Sheikh will lead to greater regional support for the reconciliation process.

Islam: Democracy

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to promote and embed democracy in the countries of the Islamic world; and if she will make a statement.

Kim Howells: We support efforts to promote democratic principles in the Islamic world, including through our contacts with governments and civil society, and projects both bilaterally through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Global Opportunities Fund and multilaterally including through the GS-Broader Middle East and North Africa and Euromed processes.

Lebanon: Armed Forces

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support the UK is giving to the Lebanese armed forces.

Margaret Beckett: The UK is committed to helping Lebanon to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701. As part of this, we spent approximately 1 million to support the Lebanese security sector, including the Lebanese armed forces (LAF), last financial year (2006-07). This included providing 47 Land Rovers to the LAF to increase their mobility and their capacity to implement UNSCR 1701. Our current programme of assistance includes a security sector advisor, public order training and equipment and human rights training for the LAF. We plan to maintain our engagement and support to the LAF going forward.

Lebanon: Politics and Government

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have taken place with the Government of Lebanon on initiatives to make political progress in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement.

Margaret Beckett: The Government have remained in regular contact with the Government of Lebanon throughout the political crisis of recent months. My hon. Friend the Minister for the Middle East, Kim Howells, and I have both recently visited Lebanon to show our ongoing support for the democratically elected Government and to discuss ways forward with both the Government and opposition. The UK is also active on the ground through our ambassador in Beirut. The UK has supported a number of regional and international efforts by Saudi Arabia, the Arab League and the UN to resolve the crisis. We continue to call on all sides in Lebanon to show flexibility and engage constructively to resolve the current political impasse.

Mexico: Overseas Trade

Denis MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she plans to take to increase contacts and trade with Mexico.

Geoff Hoon: The UK's relationship with Mexico has broadened and deepened over recent years and contacts have increased. We expect this to continue, not least through Mexico's participation in the G8 plus five outreach group.
	We now hold annual high level talks and in 2007 will introduce annual economic talks at senior official level. Ministers and officials also hold many other meetings with their Mexican opposites. In January, President Calderon visited the UK. His programme included meetings with my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and in addition key UK business leaders through a Confederation of British Industry event. During the visit my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary met with Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa.
	Most recently, my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Triesman of Tottenham, met with Mexican Foreign Minister Espinosa on 20 April at the EU Rio ministerial meeting in Santo Domingo. In addition, officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs visited Mexico City in April to discuss UK/Mexico co-operation on sustainable development and climate change. We also liaise closely with the Mexicans over their role on the G8 plus five outreach group.
	On the trade front, UK Trade and Investment's (UKTI) strategy 'Prosperity in a Changing World' has a particular focus on deepening our trade and economic relationship with emerging markets and Mexico is identified as one such emerging market. As a result, UKTI's network in Mexico has been increased by five members of staff. Mexico has also been identified as a potential source of inward investment and has a new dedicated inward investment team based in Mexico City.

Poland: Environment Protection

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government intends to make an intervention to the European Court of Justice in the case of the European Commission and Poland on the construction of those parts of the Augustow and Wasilkow road bypasses that will pass through the Rospuda Valley and Knyszyn Primeval Forest; and if she will make a statement.

Geoff Hoon: In April, the European Court of Justice ordered interim measures halting construction work, and a date to be fixed for a hearing to clarify factual matters. If the case goes to a full hearing, once details are published in the Commission's Official Journal, we will consider whether to intervene.

Crime: Victims

Sally Keeble: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what support her Department provides for victims of crime.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Government provide a wide range of emotional, practical and financial support to victims of crime.
	The code of practice for victims of crime gives victims a statutory right to receive information, support and advice about their case.
	The Government fund the voluntary organisation, Victim Support, 30 million annually to provide a nationwide service of practical and emotional support to victims and witnesses of crime. Last year almost 1.4 million people were referred to Victim Support.
	The Victims' Fund, established in 2004, has so far distributed 5.25 million to fund specialist support services.
	The Government fund the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority which awards about 170 million annually in financial compensation to blameless victims of violent crime (including terrorism).
	In addition there are 165 witness care units in England and Wales, ensuring that witnesses receive a tailor-made service, from the point of reporting a crime, so that they are supported through the court process.

Departments: Travel Agents

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how much her Department, its predecessor and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997.

Harriet Harman: It is not possible to list the costs spent on travel agencies fees in each year since 1997 without incurring disproportionate costs as the expenditure is not separately identifiable within the Departments accounts.
	All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the ministerial code and 'Travel by Ministers', copies of which are available in the Library of the House for the reference of Members. All official travel by civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the 'Civil Service Management Code', a copy of which is also available in the Library of the House for the reference of Members.

Solicitors Regulatory Agency

John Mann: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice which solicitors were disciplined by the Solicitors Regulatory Agency in  (a) 2006 and  (b) 2007 to date.

Bridget Prentice: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has advised that only a limited amount of information is publicly available on solicitors that it has disciplined. However, an individual may contact the SRA directly to find out about an individual solicitor or firm of solicitors.
	In 2006 there were 743 matters involving 1094 individuals that had a disciplinary decision recorded against the solicitor (as listed). There were also 495 matters involving 529 individuals that were referred to other bodies, including the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
	So far in 2007 there have been 396 matters involving 596 individuals with a decision recorded, and there have been 252 referrals of matters involving 334 individuals.
	In extracting these figures the Solicitors Regulation Authority have defined disciplined as having one of the following decisions:
	Disapproval
	Finding and Warning
	Intervention (this information is available to the public)
	Practising Certificatesuspended under Section 13B of the Solicitors Act 1974 (this information is available to the public)
	Reprimand
	Reprimand severely
	Vest Discretion (this information relates to conditions imposed on practising certificates and is available to the public)
	The SRA defines a matter as a complaint or allegation. A single matter could be about a firm and the disciplinary decision made against some or all of the partners; therefore a single matter can result in multiple decisions.

Bicycles: Trains

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the carriage of bicycles on trains; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: There have been no specific meetings on this issue. The discussions between the Department and the Department for Transport Ministers in the context of the inter-ministerial group on physical activity have covered broader issues on the importance of walking and cycling to the physical activity agenda.

Blood: Contamination

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many known haemophiliacs who acquired HIV and hepatitis C through blood transfusions there are in  (a) Kent and  (b) the UK.

Caroline Flint: Data are not collected on the number of patients with haemophilia infected with HIV and hepatitis C who are living in Kent. Data for the United Kingdom is provided in the table.
	
		
			   Estimated number of haemophilia patients infected through contaminated blood products who are alive 
			 Hepatitis C(1) 2,538 
			 HIV(2) 360 
			 (1) Estimated data from the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Directors' Organisation National Haemophilia Database. (2) Data from the Macfarlane Trust.

Dental Services: Dorset

Robert Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices in  (a) North Dorset Primary Care Trust,  (b) South and East Dorset Primary Care Trust and  (c) South West Dorset Primary Care Trust accepted NHS patients in the 12-month period up to April 2006.

Rosie Winterton: Information on dental practices accepting national health service patients is not held centrally. However, information on the number of NHS dental practices and dentists in the North Dorset, South and East Dorset and South West Dorset Primary Care Trusts (PCT) in the 12-month period up to April 2006 is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  General dental services (CDS) and personal dental services (PDS): Total numbers of GDS/PDS dentists and practices in specific primary care trusts (PCTs) as at 31 March 2006 
			  Primary care trust  Total number of GDS and PDS dentists( 1)  Number of dental practices 
			 North Dorset 40 13 
			 South and East Dorset 70 29 
			 South West Dorset 65 30 
			 (1) Data are extracted from NHS Dentist Statistics for England Quarter 3: 31 December 2006 report published by The Information Centre on 23 March 2007.  Notes: 1. Dentists will be counted more than once if they have contracts in more than one PCT. 2. The areas have been defined using practice postcodes within the PCT. 3. Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Prison and emergency contracts are excluded. 4. A dentist with a contract may provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses.  Source: Business Services Authority The Information Centre for health and social care

Doctors: Training

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements her Department  (a) has made and  (b) plans to make to analyse the security implications of the recent Medical Training Application Service website security breach for the Connecting for Health IT project.

Caroline Flint: holding answer 8 May 2007
	The Department has investigated the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) security breach and discovered that it resulted from a failure, on the part of those contracted by the Department to provide this service, to apply appropriate security safeguards.
	MTAS was not implemented by the Department's NHS Connecting for Health agency, nor developed by any of its systems suppliers. There are no security implications for any of the applications or services which the agency is providing for the national health service via the national programme for information technology.

Fats: Health Hazards

James Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the typical unsaturated fat content of a serving of  (a) oven chips,  (b) deep fried chips,  (c) chicken masala,  (d) fish and chips and  (e) samosa.

Caroline Flint: Data on the unsaturated fatty acid content of foods can be found in McCance and Widdowson's  The Composition of Foods series. Latest data from this series published in 2002 is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Food  Total unsaturated fatty acids (9/100g)( 1)  Typical portion size (g)( 2)  Total unsaturated fatty acids per serving (g) 
			 Oven chips, frozen, baked 2.2 165 3.6 
			 Chips(3), retail, fried in blended oil 10.7 210 22.5 
			 Chicken tikka masala, retail 6.6 300 19.8 
			 Fish(4) and chips(3), fried in blended oil 11.7 380 44.6 
			 Meat samosas, takeaway 11.8 70 8.3 
			 (1) Data from Food Standards Agency (2002) McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods, Sixth summary edition. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry.  (2) Portion size information taken from Food Standards Agency (2002) Food Portion Sizes, 3rd Edition, London, HMSO.  (3) The fat content of chips will be variable and dependent on a number of factors related to their preparation, including how thick they are cut and their shape, i.e. crinkle as opposed to straight cut.  (4) Based on cod, in batter, fried in blended oil.

Food: Advertising

Helen Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to ensure the Committee for Advertising Practices revised non-broadcast code makes a difference to the nature and balance of advertising of foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children under the age of 16 years; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: Departmental officials and I meet regularly with our counterparts in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to discuss the CAP, BCAP and Ofcom rules regarding the advertising and promotion of food in non-broadcast and broadcast media. The Government are committed to review the change in the nature and balance of food advertising and promotion to children in 2008 and will consider further action based on the outcome of that review.

Food: Safety

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what further steps she plans to take to ensure that food that is past its use-by date is not sold to the public.

Caroline Flint: Legislation requires that food business operators ensure that all food sold or supplied is safe for human consumption. Most pre-packed food must also be labelled with a use by date or a best before date as an indication of minimum durability. It is illegal to sell food after its use by date.
	Responsibility for enforcing this legislation falls to local authorities, who carry out checks to ensure that hygiene and labelling requirements are met, taking enforcement action where appropriate.

Malaria: Travel Information

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health from where  (a) general practitioners and  (b) pharmacists draw their information on the malarial status about destinations for UK travellers; and how frequently this information is updated.

Caroline Flint: Guidelines, for use by healthcare workers, on malaria prevention for travellers from the United Kingdom are formulated by the Health Protection Agency's (HPA) Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention in UK Travellers (ACMP). The 2007 guidelines, and any change to advice arising since publication, are posted on the web at
	www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics__az/malaria/guidelines.htm.
	Hard copies are available free of charge on request. The guidelines will be reviewed yearly by ACMP and updated as necessary. The British National Formulary (BNF), issued free to general practitioners and pharmacies by the Department, makes recommendations based on the guidelines.
	The ACMP guidelines and any changes to advice are also available to professionals via the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) website at www.nathnac.org and from the TRAVAX website at www.travax.nhs.uk (The A to Z of Healthy Travel; maintained by the Travel Health Division of Health Protection Scotland). NaTHNaC is funded by the Department to promote clinical standards in travel medicine, and has a telephone advice line for health professionals. The departmental publication 'Health Information for Overseas Travel' is available on the NaTHNaC website. The BNF references the HPA guidelines as well as the NaTHNaC and TRAVAX websites.

Mental Health Services: Greater London

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many secure places there are for psychiatric patients in London hospitals; and how many there were in each year between 2004 and 2006.

Rosie Winterton: The data collected records the numbers of mental health and learning disability secure unit beds in national health service units, not the numbers of psychiatric secure unit beds.
	The following table shows the average daily number of available secure unit beds, both mental illness and learning disability secure unit beds, in NHS organisations in London between 2003-04 and 2005-06.
	
		
			  Average daily number of available secure unit beds, NHS organisations in London, 2003-04 to 2005-06 
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Organisation  Mental illness  Learning disability  Mental illness  Learning disability  Mental illness  Learning disability 
			 Total for London 800 17 831 17 823 16 
			
			 Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust 69 0 75 0 75 0 
			 West London Mental Health NHS Trust 176 0 175 0 175 0 
			 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust 135 0 157 0 184 0 
			 Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust 26 0 17 0 24 0 
			 East London and the City Mental Health NHS Trust 95 0 112 0 138 0 
			 Oxleas NHS Trust 84 0 84 0 84 0 
			 South London and Maudsley NHS Trust 114 17 114 17 46 16 
			 South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust 101 0 97 0 97 0 
			  Source:  Department of Health form KH03. 
		
	
	Note that these beds are from mental health providers in the London area, so that they may not all be available for residents in London. There may be beds outside the London area that are used for residents within London. This can be due to the placement needs of individuals.
	The source for these figures is the 'Department of Health Dataset KH03' and the definitions for the purposes of this collection are as follows.
	These figures do not represent the full level of secure services available to the NHS. Low secure mental health services are not consistently defined and may well fall outside the definitions below. This means that the figures above mainly show the numbers in high and medium secure mental health services in NHS units. These figures also show NHS beds only and not those commissioned by the NHS and provided by independent sector providers.
	The definitions of mental health and learning disability secure unit beds, for the purposes of the KH03 annual beds collection, are:
	 Mental illnessother ages, secure unit
	An age group intended of National Code 8 'Any age', a broad patient group code of National Code 5 'Patients with mental illness' and a clinical care intensity of National Code 51 'for intensive care: specially designated ward for patients needing containment and more intensive management. This is not to be confused with intensive nursing where a patient may require one to one nursing while on a standard ward'.
	 Learning disabilitiesother ages, secure unit
	An age group intended of National Code 8 'Any age', a broad patient group code of National Code 6 'Patients with learning difficulties' and a clinical care intensity of National Code 61 'designated or interim secure unit'.
	 From the data dictionary at:
	www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/datadictionary/data_dicionary/messages/central_returns/hospital_aggregated_statistics/kh03/kh03_3_fr.asp

Methylphenidate

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 November 2006,  Official Report, columns 775-6W, on methylphenidate, what progress has been made with updating the product information for methylphenidate to advise about serious cardiovascular adverse effects.

Caroline Flint: Following Europe-wide discussions, the product information for Concerta was revised in November 2006, to advise about serious cardiovascular adverse effects, and to recommend that methylphenidate should not be used in children or adolescents with known serious structural cardiac abnormalities. The product information for Ritalin was revised accordingly in June 2007, and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is currently in discussion with the licence holder for Equasym.
	Copies of the most up-to-date product information for Ritalin, Concerta and Equasym can be found in the Electronic Medicines Compendium available at www.medicines.org.uk. This includes the patient information leaflet provided for patients with their medicines and summaries of product characteristics which provide information for doctors and pharmacists.

Milton Keynes Hospital: Armed Forces

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what policy is in place in Milton Keynes General Hospital for the treatment of reservists on return from operational service.

Andy Burnham: The national health service has effective arrangements in place for the reception and treatment of reservists returning from operational service, and all necessary care are provided within the NHS.

Musgrove Park Hospital: Parking

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the  (a) revenue income and  (b) estimated overhead cost of the parking charges scheme at Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton constituency was in each of the last 10 years.

Andy Burnham: Information is not available in the precise format required.
	Data on the gross income that national health service trusts receive from car parking charges paid by staff and visitors has been collected since 2000. Information in respect of Musgrove Park hospital is in the table.
	The Department does not collect information about the overhead costs that trusts will incur in providing car parking facilities.
	
		
			   Total income from car parking fees () 
			 2000-01 147,000 
			 2001-02 146,000 
			 2002-03 293,000 
			 2003-04 517,466 
			 2004-05 560,500 
			 2005-06 362,157

Nutrition: Training

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions Ministers and officials of her Department have had with  (a) officials from the skills sector development agency,  (b) regional development agencies and  (c) representatives of the catering industry on training in nutrition and its relationship to health and well-being for chefs.

Caroline Flint: The Food Standards Agency have informed me that they have not had any discussions with the Sector Skills Development Agency nor the regional development agencies on the subject of training for chefs. They have, however, had discussions with People1st, the Sector Skills Council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism, which is responsible for identifying and tackling skills gaps in that sector.
	Following the 2005-06 review of national occupational standards for food preparation and cooking, a specific unit was created on preparing and cooking healthier dishes. This unit is now available to those training to be chefs who are taking the National Vocational Qualification in food preparation and cooking. In addition, newly developed qualifications in professional cookery contain a mandatory unit on healthier eating and special diets. This means that chefs entering the industry with this qualification will have gained an understanding of the importance of healthier eating.

Obesity

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the reasons for recent trends in rates of obesity; and what steps she is taking to encourage physical exercise.

Caroline Flint: Although the rise in obesity cannot be attributed to any single factor, it is the imbalance between energy in (through the food choices we make) and energy out (mainly through physical activity) which is the root cause.
	Following input from academic, commercial and voluntary sector sources, the Medical Research Council report reviewing the evidence for the behaviour change goals is now complete and was launched on 14 March 2007.
	Choosing Activity: a physical activity action plan was published on 9 March 2005. This represents the first truly cross-Government plan to co-ordinate action aimed at increasing levels of physical activity across the whole population. In August 2006 I was asked by the Prime Minister to work across Government on a new strategy building on Choosing Activity to increase the public's fitness and activity levels in the run up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Obesity

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made in the Government's obesity social marketing campaign.

Caroline Flint: We have developed a robust social marketing/consumer insight framework to inform and enable targeted work at a national, regional and local level to tackle childhood obesity. We have also been working closely with a wide range of stakeholders across the food and activity, including representatives from Government, commercial and not-for-profit sectors. A core expert review group have validated the approach taken and outputs to date.
	The first initiative in the programme, the 5 A DAY Top Tips for Top Mums campaign, was launched in March. The campaign encourages families to think more about how they can improve their diet and increase fruit and vegetable consumption among children between the ages of two and 11, specifically those in low-income young families.

Obesity: Departmental Co-ordination

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions she has had with the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on  (a) progress on tackling obesity and  (b) cross-departmental working on the matter.

Caroline Flint: The obesity public service agreement (PSA) target is jointly owned by the Department, Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in recognition that delivery will depend on a joined up effort across Government.
	The three Departments are working on six fronts: to change population attitudes towards eating and activity; helping children to be active and eat healthily; supporting targeted local-level obesity interventions in children; raising awareness of the importance of healthy weight to children and parents; working with local partners on delivery; and developing the knowledge base.
	There are a number of mechanisms to ensure that the Departments are working effectively in partnership. Ministers, and also permanent secretaries, who are responsible for the PSA target have held regular meetings to monitor progress and identify areas for action.
	The target is co-ordinated by a cross-Government team, led by a cross-Government programme manager and senior officials who are the senior responsible officers for each Department. The PSA programme board brings in delivery chain partners and senior officials from other Government Departments beyond the target-holding Departments.

Smoking: Public Places

Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she is providing to those responsible for the management of  (a) places of worship and  (b) listed buildings on the legal requirements to display no smoking signs.

Caroline Flint: Section 6 of the Health Act 2006 sets out a duty for any person who occupies or is concerned in the management of smokefree premises to make sure that no-smoking signs complying with the requirements of the new law are displayed. The new law will require virtually all enclosed workplaces and public places to be smokefree, including places where they are of worship or listed buildings.
	Through the Smokefree England communications campaign, the Department has made guidance available on the new legislation. The guidance makes specific reference to the display of no-smoking signs in heritage buildings within the frequently asked questions section. Guidance has been posted to employing businesses across England, and is also available from the Smokefree England information line on freephone 0800 169 169 7 or to download on the Smokefree England website at:
	www.smokefreeengland.co.uk
	Local councils can also provide advice and support on the new law.
	Departmental officials have met representatives from the Church of England and the Churches Main Committee regarding smokefree legislation. Meetings have also been offered to other faith groups. A Smokefree England fact sheet on smokefree legislation and places of worship has also been produced.
	The Smokefree (Signs) Regulations 2007 set out requirements for the display of no-smoking signs in smokefree premises and vehicles. These regulations have been drafted in a way to afford maximum flexibility within the requirements in the Health Act 2006 for the display of no-smoking signs.
	No-smoking signs may be displayed in a way that fits the decor of premises, as long as the minimum requirements set out in the regulations are met. A sign will need to be displayed in a prominent position at each entrance to smokefree premises. However, it need not be permanently mounted on the building because, for example, the display of a sign on a moveable stand at each entrance would satisfy the legal requirement.
	To support the implementation of smokefree legislation, the Department is making no-smoking signs that meet the legislative requirements freely available to businesses and organisations.

Special Constables

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he has taken to encourage staff in retail establishments to join the special constabulary.

Vernon Coaker: In February 2004, the Home Office, Metropolitan police, Dixons, and Woolworths; launched the Shopwatch initiative, which recruits employees as special constables from the retail establishments to patrol specific retail areas.
	The Shopwatch programme was piloted in the general Camden area, Regent/Oxford street and the Birmingham Bullring Pallesades.
	The Shopwatch programme has succeed in tackling the reduction of retail crime by 50 per cent. in 2004, in participating retail stores.
	The Shopwatch programme is a prime example of proactive partnership working across the community and forces

Knife Crime

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests for knife-related crime there were in each of the last four years.

Vernon Coaker: The main arrests collection held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, covers persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) by main offence group (ie violence against the person, robbery, burglary etc.) only.
	Knife related offences are not specifically defined by statute and details of the individual circumstances of arrests are not asked for as part of the Arrests for Recorded Crime (Notifiable Offences) collection.

Immigration System

George Mudie: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will increase the staffing resources dealing with priority legacy immigration cases.

Liam Byrne: The chief executive of the Border and Immigration Agency, Lin Homer, wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 19 February with an update on Legacy Programme. Her letter confirmed that a new directorate had been established to deal specifically with legacy cases, with significant case-working capability.

Antisocial Behaviour

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with Ministers and officials in the Ministry of Justice on combating anti-social behaviour.

Vernon Coaker: I have had no formal meetings with Ministers or officials in the Ministry of Justice, since its inception last month, specifically concerning antisocial behaviour.
	Ministers and officials in the Home Office engage in regular discussions with their counterparts in the Ministry of Justice, and other Government Departments, about combating antisocial behaviour and other issues.

Community Support Officers: Protective Clothing

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will issue guidance to all chief constables in England and Wales advising them of the benefits of stab vests for police community support officers.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 27 February 2007
	 The Home Office Scientific Development Branch produces standards for body armour which incorporate a number of different protection levels. These standards were last published in 2003 but we plan to issue revised standards in the next month. All body armour is tested against these standards at Home Office approved test houses.
	In 1995 the Home Office Scientific Development Branch, in collaboration with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), developed a Police Operational Requirement (POR) for body armour. This requirement states that the protection provided by ballistic and stab resistant body armour must be sufficient to prevent the wearer from sustaining serious or permanent injury. To achieve this, five vital organs located within the torso must be protected: the heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys.
	The provision of police equipment is a matter for chief officers. However I have written to the forces which do not provide protective armour to police community officers to ask them to clarify the reasons for their decision and will let my hon. Friend know the responses of the four forces at the earliest opportunity.

Electronic Tagging

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the merits of deploying human radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchipping; what meetings he has held on such microchipping; what representations he has received from civil liberties groups on RFID microchipping; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: I have been asked to reply.
	We have looked into the merits of deploying this technology in the past but we have not seen any evidence that it would work successfully.
	On that basis there have been no representations received by stakeholders from civil liberties groups as there is currently no intention of using this technology.
	Instead, a pilot for the use of satellite tracking technology to monitor the compliance of offenders who are subject to exclusion conditions and to monitor offenders' whereabouts as a condition of a licence on release from prison took place from September 2004 until June 2006. The pilots are currently the subject of a comprehensive review and an independent evaluation, the results of which are due out later this year.

Firearms: Crime

Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many individuals in each police force area  (a) were convicted and  (b) received upon conviction a minimum five-year sentence for possessing an illegal firearm in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many individuals in each constituency  (a) were convicted and  (b) received upon conviction a minimum five-year sentence for possessing an illegal firearm in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The minimum five year sentence applies only to persons aged 18 or over and came into force for offences committed from 22 January 2004. The information requested, relating to England and Wales for the years 2004 and 2005, is shown in the following table. Information for 2006 will be available in the autumn.
	Court proceedings data cannot easily be related to constituency areas as thkey are collected by police force area and local justice area.
	
		
			  Persons aged 18 and over sentenced and those sentenced to mandatory 5 year term (or over) for possession of firearms, by police force area, England and Wales 
			   2004  2005 
			  Police force area  Total persons sentenced  5 year + custodial term  Total persons sentenced  5 year + custodial term 
			 Avon and Somerset 12 1 10 3 
			 Bedfordshire 4 1 1 1 
			 Cambridgeshire 5
			 Cheshire 12  4 2 
			 Cleveland 8  3  
			 Cumbria 4  1  
			 Derbyshire 7  6 4 
			 Devon and Cornwall 11  2 1 
			 Dorset 5 1 2  
			 Durham 6  6 1 
			 Essex 22  6  
			 Gloucestershire 3  2  
			 Greater Manchester 62 3 30 15 
			 Hampshire 11 1 6 1 
			 Hertfordshire 6 1 5 1 
			 Humberside 11  5 1 
			 Kent 15 2 5  
			 Lancashire 7  8 1 
			 Leicestershire 12 2 6 2 
			 Lincolnshire 5  3  
			 London(1) 162 36 116 61 
			 Merseyside 41 9 22 10 
			 Norfolk 10  4 3 
			 Northamptonshire 5 1 7 3 
			 Northumbria 28 3 5 1 
			 North Yorkshire 4
			 Nottinghamshire 17 2 10 4 
			 South Yorkshire 14 3 10 7 
			 Staffordshire 8  3  
			 Suffolk 5 1 5  
			 Surrey 6  2 1 
			 Sussex 11  7 1 
			 Thames Valley 16  4 2 
			 Warwickshire 7 1   
			 West Mercia 9  3 1 
			 West Midlands 46 5 22 9 
			 West Yorkshire 39 3 9 4 
			 Wiltshire 3  2 1 
			 Dyfed-Powys 4  1  
			 Gwent 3  1  
			 North Wales 7  3  
			 South Wales 13  6 1 
			  
			 Total 686 76 353 142 
			 (1) Metropolitan and City of London police forces  Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: RDS-NOMS, Home Office

Firearms: Sentencing

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many and what percentage of people convicted of carrying an illegal firearm under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 have received the mandatory sentence established by the Act since it came into force, broken down by age group;
	(2)  what the average sentence handed down to people convicted of carrying an illegal firearm under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 was in each of the last three years.

Vernon Coaker: holding answer 27 March 2007
	The minimum five year sentence (three years for those aged 16 or 17) came into force on 22 January 2004. The available information, relating to England and Wales for 2004 and 2005, is contained in table one. Data sent to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 5 of June (see table 2) shows that the average sentence for firearms possession has increased from 27.3 months in 2003 to 47.3 months in 2005. The equivalent figures in 1995 were 12.1 months.
	Figures for 2006 will be available in the autumn.
	
		
			  Table 1: Persons( 1)  sentenced for firearms possession offences involving mandatory custodial sentences, England and Wales 
			Of which: 5 years or over( 2)  
			  Offence  Statutes  Year  Age group  Total persons sentenced  Persons given immediate custody  No.  % of total sentenced  Average custodial sentence length (months) 
			 Possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition or firearm disguised as other object. Firearms Act 1968 sections 5(1)(a),(ab),(aba),(ac),(ad), (ae), (af) or (c) and section 5(1 A)(a) as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 section 287. 2004(3) 16-17 49 10 5 10.2 25.0 
			18-20 122 35 13 10.7 39.5 
			21+ 565 206 63 11 .2 35.3 
			Total 736 251 81 11.0 35.3 
			  
			   2005 16-17 32 9 4 12.5 26.0 
			18-20 59 34 18 30.5 45.5 
			21+ 294 199 124 42.2 48.6 
			Total 385 242 146 37.9 47.3 
			 (1) Principal offence basis. (2) Three years in the case of persons aged 16-17. (3) Many of the persons dealt with in 2004 will have committed their offences prior to the mandatory sentence being introduced in January 2004.  Source: RDS-NOMS, Home Office 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Persons( 1)  sentenced for firearms possession offences involving mandatory custodial sentences (from 2004), England and Wales, 19995-2005 
			Of which: 5 years or over( 2)  
			  Offence  Statutes  Year  Age group  Total persons sentenced  Persons given immediate custody  No.  % of total sentenced  Average custodial sentence length (months) 
			 Possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition or firearm disguised as other object. Firearms Act 1968 sections 5(1 )(a), (ab), (aba)(3), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af)(4) or (c) and section 5(1A)(a) as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 section 287. 1995 16-17 39 4   3.0 
			18-20 102 10   10.2 
			21+ 524 70 1 0.2 12.9 
			Total 665 84 1 0.2 12.1 
			  
			   1996 16-17 34 5   6.0 
			18-20 87 10   3.2 
			21 + 597 93 9 1.5 19.4 
			Total 718 108 9 1.3 17.2 
			  
			   1997 16-17 32 3   10.7 
			18-20 105 9   2.7 
			21 + 639 94 7 1.1 16.8 
			Total 776 106 7 0.9 15.3 
			  
			   1998 16-17 36 2   4.5 
			18-20 159 19   5.4 
			21 + 836 150 7 0.8 15.1 
			Total 1,031 171 7 0.7 13.9 
			  
			   1999 16-17 36 2   7.5 
			18-20 98 12   5.2 
			21 + 666 124 7 1.1 17.1 
			Total 800 138 7 0.9 15.9 
			  
			   2000 16-17 35 3 . _ 10.0 
			18-20 109 16 1 0.9 14.4 
			21 + 585 123 5 0.9 19.6 
			Total 729 142 6 0.8 18.7 
			  
			   2001 16-17 62 2   8.0 
			18-20 148 21   7.5 
			21 + 529 108 7 1.3 21.0 
			Total 739 131 7 0.9 18.7 
			  
			   2002 16-17 54 8   9.8 
			18-20 115 26   16.6 
			21 + 603 140 15 2.5 23.0 
			Total 772 174 15 1.9 21.3 
			  
			   2003 16-17 52 8   11.0 
			18-20 121 23   18.6 
			21 + 713 183 34 4.8 29.3 
			Total 886 214 34 3.8 27.3 
			  
			   2004(5) 16-17 49 10 5 10.2 25.0 
			18-20 122 35 13 10.7 39.5 
			21+ 565 206 63 11.2 35.3 
			Total 736 251 81 11.0 35.3 
			  
			   2005 16-17 32 9 4 12.5 26.0 
			18-20 59 34 18 30.5 45.5 
			21 + 294 199 124 42.2 48.6 
			Total 385 242 146 37.9 47.3 
			 (1) Principal offence basis. (2) Three years in the case of persons aged 16-17. (3) Came into force during 1997. (4) Came into force during 2004. (5) Many of the persons dealt with in 2004 will have committed their offences prior to the mandatory sentence being introduced in January 2004.  Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice

Genetics: Databases

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals' records are held on the National DNA Database, broken down by  (a) age,  (b) ethnicity and  (c) the police force which provided the profile.

John Reid: Tables showing the information requested will be placed in the Library. These show the number of profiles on the database as at 31 January 2007 broken down by gender, police force, age when the profile was taken, and ethnic appearance, as recorded by the officer taking the DNA sample. Some people arrested by a force live in the area of another forcethe force shown is the one which took the profile. The number of profiles is 13.7 per cent. higher than the number of individuals, because of duplicate records. There were 37,476 profiles on the database where the gender was not recorded, and these have not been included in the figures.

Immigration: Detention Centres

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance his Department has issued to  (a) HM Prison Service and  (b) private sector contractors on recommended staff/detainee ratios in immigration removal centres.

Liam Byrne: The Border and Immigration Agency does not provide guidance on staff to detainee ratios to HM Prison Service as they have vast experience in operating custodial environments.
	The Border and Immigration Agency does not provide guidance on staff to detainee ratios to private sector organisations. Staffing levels are none the less a key area of evaluation during the competitive tender process for the operation of removal centres. All contractors are required to provide a safe environment at all times to detainees, staff and visitors.

Police: Community Support Officers

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department has taken to promote public awareness of the difference between police officers and police community support officers.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 4 June 2007
	 The Home Office has focused on raising public awareness of the new role of police community support officers (PCSOS) and neighbourhood policing teams, which are now being implemented across England and Wales. A successful national PCSO recruitment campaign in 2006 was designed not only to encourage applications but also to help explain the role of a PCSO. This campaign included television and radio adverts, poster campaigns and national and local press advertising.
	In addition, a six-part documentary series followed the work of PCSOs in Lancashire and the Thames Valley. The series ran between October and December 2006 on ITV (England) and achieved an average audience of 2.3 million rising to 3 million. All of this activity has raised the profile of PCSOs and the neighbourhood policing teams in which they serve. It has also supported the police service in their drive to increase PCSO numbers to 16,000 across England and Wales.
	Neighbourhood policing teams will consist of police sergeants, constables and PCSOs, and may also comprise special constables, wardens, neighbourhood managers, housing managers, youth workers and other community partners depending on the needs and priorities of the community that the team serves. In promoting neighbourhood policing teams the Home Office and the police service has celebrated the diverse and complimentary nature of the various ranks and roles within these teams which join together to provide a visible and accessible service to the communities they serve.

Police: Telephone Services

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2007,  Official Report, column 1420W, on police telephone services, when he expects the target times for answering  (a) emergency and  (b) non-emergency calls under the National Call Handling Standards to be (i) collated nationally and (ii) implemented by all police forces.

John Reid: holding answer 23 May 2007
	 Data relating to emergency (999) calls is being collated by the Home Office for the first time this year. Data will be gathered on a quarterly basis as part of an Annual Data Requirement. At present, there are no plans to collate at a national level data relating to non-emergency calls.
	The National Call Handling Standards were agreed by ACPO in November 2006. An implementation review is being undertaken by NPIA with a target completion date of November 2007.

Prisoners: Females

Denis MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women  (a) are being held in UK prisons and  (b) were being held in each year since 2000.

Gerry Sutcliffe: I have been asked to reply.
	Figures showing the numbers of female prisoners in all prison establishments in England and Wales between 2000 and 2006, as at June 30th each year, and for April 2007, can be found in the following table.
	
		
			   Number 
			 2000 3,355 
			 2001 3,713 
			 2002 4,394 
			 2003 4,595 
			 2004 4,452 
			 2005 4,514 
			 2006 4,463 
			 2007 (April) 4,502 
		
	
	The figures between 2000 and 2005 were taken from table 8.1 of the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005, a copy of which is held in the House of Commons Library. The figures for June 2006 and for April 2007 were taken from the published Population in Custody monthly tables.
	The Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Prison Service are able to give the figures for prison establishments in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Terrorism Act 2000

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 May 2007,  Official Report, column 92W, on the Terrorism Act 2000, how many people were awaiting trial under terrorism legislation during the period 1 January to 1 April 2007.

John Reid: holding answer 4 June 2007
	Statistics for this period are not yet available. However, as soon as they are finalised they will be placed on the Home Office website.
	As stated in previous answer of 8 May 2007, there were 98 individuals at or awaiting trial for terrorist offences as of 31 December 2006.